Here are my notes on Jung; I cut out everything that my fellow researchers and I felt was relevant toward Hesseēs psychological profile, as well as, his writing.

CARL JUNG:
- Daily mask: persona = mask we wear when we come in contact with people, the way we want to be looked at.
- Incestial Spirit: consciousness comes out, connection with heathen past
- čThinking, feeling, sensation, and intuition are important to look at, but we cannot deal with the psyche if we donēt consider religion too.ī
This Jungian belief can be seen throughout Hesseēs work Ÿ Demian, Siddhartha, and Narcissus and Goldmund are just a few prime examples.
- Complexes: can seize control over entire existence
- čWe need to live in our unconscious life Ÿī
Steppenwolf, pg. 129 čI found the disintegration of the personality by no means a pleasant and amusing adventure. On the contrary, it was often exceedingly painful, often almost intolerable.ī
- Individuation: making unconscious, consciousness
- Shadow: animalistic part of our personality (urges us to do things we would not normally do)
For all of Jungēs shadow theories, Narcissus and Goldmund may provide an interesting comparison. More specifically, check out Goldmundēs psychological development after he decides to wander, and resign from the črequired/normal/socializedī human existence.
- Recognize shadow = Dark-side: personal, national, international
- Dark Shadow projects itself when not understood
- Shadow can only be lifted when itēs consciously recognized
- Masculine/Patriarchic society: neglects soul
- čMood in landscape, itēs in the soul too.ī
Each and every book that Hesse has written, could reflect this statement Ÿ this should be an easy connection to make Ÿ
- Imagination = Manēs highest value

Anima and Animus: characteristics of opposing elements ... Anima refers to feminine, and animus refers to male.
For this, a reasonable connection could be made to Steppenwolf Ÿ for example, in the First Owls edition (1990 pg.134) Ÿ Hesse says, čAt many moments the old and the new, pain and pleasure, fear and joy were quite oddly mixed with one another. Now I was in Heaven, now in Hell Ÿ)

- Analytical Psychology: we are shaped by the past and also our goals, hopes, and aspirations.
- Dreams exist in order to restore psychological equilibrium.
- Personal unconscious: memories, impulses, and other experiences that have been suppressed or forgotten.

Have you heard of the tetraworld?

Todd

I have not heard of tetraworld ... tell me more.

I think it's interesting that after undergoing analysis with Laing and having what seemed to be some interesting discussions with Jung himself, Hesse then dissassociated himself from Jung. I guess in a way it makes sense...if one is truly living an individuated life, then even Jung would stop "working"...

Sometimes our emotional problems/existential anxieties are what influences our ability to produce the most pure forms of art. Maybe Hesse felt that he could best discover himself by not turning to others for answers ... maybe the best form of therapy for Hesse was written expression ...

Just a thought.